More From Paul Theroux
- "You define a good flight by negatives: you didn’t get hijacked, you didn’t crash, you didn’t throw up, you weren’t late, you weren’t nauseated by the food. So you are grateful."
- "If you’re a misanthrope you stay at home. There are certain writers who really don’t like other people. I’m not like that, I don’t think."
- "The Peace Corps is a sort of Howard Johnson’s on the main drag into maturity."
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